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Old 10-25-2012, 12:16 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Why should Trayvon Martins case have received more attention than the 50 other murders that happen everyday??
Probally because the person who administered the fatal wound was a "white" Hispanic - and the "victim" was a young black male.

I put victim in quotes because I am not sure that Trayvon Martin did not contribute to his own death.

We will find out when the trial is concluded.
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Old 10-25-2012, 02:18 AM
 
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Locally we had a young kid murdered by a pack of other teenagers( all spanish, most illegals) over a pair of knock off sneakers. Its the decay of society, the collapse of the family, the diseased culture. In Philly a pack of teens( all white) jured and killed a white kid for his paycheck. In Philly a pack( all black) beat a white man in the subway until he died of a heart attack.
I initially thought the mother of these two animals did the right thing and maybe wasn't to blame for their actions. But to have TWO defectives like that for sons she must have abdicated her parental duties somewhere along the line. Its not about race, its about tolerating violence and abandoning responsibility and values.
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Old 10-25-2012, 03:56 AM
 
Location: The Beautiful Pocono Mountains
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You're right. This is not a racial issue. It's an issue of sick and deranged teens. It's the I want what you have syndrome. And quite obviously some will stop at nothing to get it.

Both families have my prayers. It had to be a very hard thing for the mother of the boys to turn them in. She has some tough times ahead and I hope she has a great support system.
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Old 10-25-2012, 04:12 AM
 
Location: Where they serve real ale.
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Why should Trayvon Martins case have received more attention than the 50 other murders that happen everyday??
I largely agree but if you want to check which type of crime gets more media attention you should google "missing white girl syndrome".
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Old 10-25-2012, 04:15 AM
 
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This stuff has always happened only it didn't used to make the national news. This truly is nothing new. It's still sad but to claim we are currently having some sort of moral crisis or that morality is in any way less because you finally read about this sort of thing is retarded as well as wrong.
Agreed.
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Old 10-25-2012, 04:18 AM
 
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I disagree. This did NOT always happen, that 2 teenage boys lure and kill a preteen girl for her possessions.

If this is the norm where you are from then I feel for you. It's certainly not the norm where I live.
Google "children who murder" and you will see that, yes, this has always happened. Always.
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Old 10-25-2012, 04:19 AM
 
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The 60's had Woostock , which had a lot worse than booty meat. 60's also had songs called Heroin.
The 60s also had massive social upheaval, a hugely unpopular war, the changing of gender roles, music that parents were sure signaled the end of society, etc.
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Old 10-25-2012, 04:23 AM
 
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I'm not sure if you've heard or not, but the the percentage of Americans incarcerated has doubled between the mid 80's and now. The reason why murder and violent crime is down is because we are better at locking the criminals up.

It seems as if you take a superficial approach to "thinking 4 yourself".
That's not true in the least. I'd be happy to buy you dinner if you show me the reason -with proof from trustworthy sources- why incarceration is up in this country is because "we are better at locking the criminals up".
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Old 10-25-2012, 04:28 AM
 
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Category:Murder committed by minors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 10-25-2012, 04:31 AM
 
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Blacks are many times more likely to commit violent crime than Blue Eyed Devils. This is an established fact. This holds for any country Africans inhabit.

You can throw out names all day, Ted Bundy, Jeff Dahmer, Tim McVeigh, etc. etc. etc., but a higher percentage of Trayvon's are committing violent crimes than Billy Bob's.

And for all of you liberals who love to exclaim "poverty causes crime, that's why Detroit, Philadelphia, Birmingham, Camden, Memphis, Newark, Baltimore, etc. have such high murder rates", can you name one poor White city in Appalachia, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, etc. that have these types of violence? And Billy Bob and Bobby Joe ain't walking around in brand new J's and XXXXL White T's, with Iphones and iPods. There is no excuse for murder, period.
Worth a read:

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/189560.pdf

While the crime rate in Appalachia is 50-65% of the nation's, it has been steadily increasing since the 80s.
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